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YVILLIAM MGCABE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SEWING-MACHINE CORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,328, dated August30, 1881.

Application filed June 13, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. MOCABE, of New Haven, in the county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inSewing-Machine Corders; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, lll- Fig. 1, a perspective view, looking from the needleside of the device; Fig. 2, the cordblade detached; Fig. 3, alongitudinal section enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in cord-guides forsewing-machines, the object being to introduce the cord between twothicknesses of fabric, against a seam previously formed, and so that thetwo thicknesses of fabric will be stitched together close against theopposite side of the cord, the use of the invention being speciallyadapted to cording corsets, crinoline, 850., in which parallel cords areintroduced as close to each other as possible; and the inventionconsists in the construction of the guide, as hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claims.

A represents the plate or base of the guide, which is fitted to besecured to the cloth-plate of a machine by the insertion of theguidescrew through a slot, to, or otherwise.

B is the cord-guide blade, which is attached to the base sufficientlyfar from the cord-tube b to allow a space between the blade and the basefor the lower thickness of fabric to pass.

Above the blade B is the holding-plate 0, preferably hinged to the partbelow, as at (1, so that it may be raised therefrom, as indicated inbroken lines, Fig. 3. This holding-plate C has a groove, 6, in its undersurface, directly over the cord-tube b, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, andextends beyond the cord-tube, where it is fitted with a groove, f,parallel to the cordtube, for the purpose hereinafter described.

D is a spring arranged to bear upon the plate C and hold it upon thefabric, but may be turned away, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, topermit the plate 0 to be raised.

The two thicknesses of fabric hi are introduced, the one, 71 above theblade B, between it and the plate C, the other, 2', below the blade (Nomodel.)

B, and so as to bring the seam, which has been previously made, closeagainst the outside of the cord-tube b, or it may be a doubled edge oftwo thicknesses of fabric. The cord is passed through the tube 7), whichconducts it between the two thicknesses of fabric, close against theline where they arejoined outside the tube. The two thicknesses offabric, with the cord, are introduced between the presserfoot and thework-plate of the sewing-machine, and so that the line of stitches madeby the machine will run through the two thicknesses of fabric closeagainst the cord. The inner edge of the groove f in the plate C forms aguide to hold the fabric close up to the cordtube 1), as seen in Fig. 3.After one cord has been thus introduced the fabric is removed andreintroduced, bringing that part of the fabric which incloses the cordlast introduced, as at a, into the groove f in the plate 0. Then asecond cord is introduced in like manner as the first, the groove fserving as a guide for the last-introduced cord, whereby the cord beingintroduced is necessarily laid parallel to the last preceding cord.

The object of hinging the plate C is for con venience of introducing thefabric to the folder. The purpose of the spring D is to. afford ayielding pressure upon the work, but sufficient to retain it in itsposition.

The plate C may be madeadjustable relatively to the cord-tube, so thatthe cords may be introduced with aspace between them and yet secure therequired parallelism; but in the class of work for which this guide isespecially adapted the cords are required to be introduced as close toeach other as possible, so that only a single line of stitches can berun between the adjacent cords.

I do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming a tubular guide toconduct the cord between two thicknesses of fabric to the nee dle of asewing-machine, as such, I am aware, is not new; but

What I do claim is- 1. The combination of the blade B, provided with thetube 1) at its free end, with the plate 0, arranged to lie upon theupper thickness of I00 fabric and hold it upon the said blade, andprovided at its free end with a guide parallel to the cord-guide,substantially as described.

2. The plate A, having the blade B attached thereto by one end, and freefrom its point of connection to the other end, the said other endprovided with the tube 1) and fitted for stationary attachment to asewing-machine, combined with the plate G, hinged by one end to saidstationary part, the other end free above the said blade, and providedat its other end with a groove, f, outside of and parallel with the tube11, substantially as described.

3. The plate A, having the blade B attached thereto by one end, and freefrom its point of connection to the other end, the said other endprovided with the tube b and fitted for sta- WILLIAM MCOABE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, LILLIAN I). RoG-ERs.

